Kids can turn common materials into farmyard critters that are puppets, pins, and hats. There are twenty projects, and each step is illustrated. Youngsters who are interested in farm animals will likely lack the manual dexterity to complete many of these crafts (e.g., a mouse made from a thimble, three finger-sized bandages formed into a crow).

This Level 2 Scholastic Reader features bright color photos of ten common types of farm animals, each with a rhymed first-person introduction and a brief note on the animal's job or products it produces. <p>This Level 2 Scholastic Reader features bright color photos of ten common types of farm animals, each with a rhymed first-person introduction and a brief note on the animal's job or products it produces. The gallery is book-ended by a full range of instructional tools for parents or teachers--including a small-type page of techniques for shared reading, a dozen test questions, a five-word glossary and a proto-introduction to parts of speech. Notably uneven in quality of writing (not to mention accuracy)--Horse: "I stand up all day. / I eat grass and hay. / But what I like best / is to gallop and play"--the verse is unlikely to provide much of a draw, but the pictures are strong on child appeal and the volume is replete with "teachable moments." <i>(Easy reader. 5-7)</i></p>